Frying apparatus



Jan. 5, 1943. A, MUszYNsKl FRYING APPARATUS FiledJune 2o, 1940 l I. c

l I I FIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII IIIIII IIII II Patented Jan. 5,1943 `l UNITED STATES PATENT oLFFicE FRYING APPARATUS Antoni Muszynski, Southampton, Mass. l Application June 20, 1940, Serial No. 341,481

2 Claims.

My invention relates to improvements in a frying apparatus and is directed to a frying apparatus which is characterized by its novel construc- 1tion and further by its unique eiiiciency in operaion.

According to special features of my invention, the apparatus includes a vat or a pan for frying materials, such as fat or oily substances, which is supported over a heating means in such a way that the fatty or oily substance or substances are heated more economically and more quickly than has heretofore been possible.

According to another feature of my invention, the pan or vat is constructed in such a manner as to provide uniform heat throughout its heated area.

'I'he invention consists in certain novel features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more particularly pointed out in the claims hereunto annexed and more fully described and referred to in connection with the accompanying drawing wherein:

Fig. 1 is a plan View of the frying apparae tus of my invention;

Fig. 2 is a sectional elevational view on the line 2-2 of Fig. l; and

Fig. 3 is a sectional elevational view on line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawing more in detail, wherein similar reference figures refer to like parts, and referring more particularly to the preferred form of my invention, which has been selected for illustrative purposes, I have shown end walls,

such as 2 and 4, which are connected to form a base. These Walls may be formed from any suitable insulating or refractory material and may be suitably sheathed by metal sheets or plates, substantially as shown.

A horizontal wall 5 extends inwardly from one end wall 4 to an inner vertical wall 6. This vertical wall 6 is connected at its lower side by a wall 8 to the other end wall 4 and it is spaced therefrom substantially as shown so' as to provide a combustion chamber 20 as will appear.

A pan or vat, which is represented by I0,` is provided, and this may have a peripheral flange or flanges such as I2. The pan is preferably supporterd on the side and end walls as shown.

The walls 2, 5 and 6, form a compartment for such a heating device as an oil burner B which is represented in Fig. 3 by dot-dash lines. The burner is arranged to direct products of combustion into the combustion chamber 20 which is provided between the walls 4 and 6 and beneath one end of the pan l0. Furthermore, the wall 5 is spaced below the pan l0 so as to provide a passageway 'l therebelow extending from the combustion chamber 20 to a stack or flue 2t which extends outwardly from the passageway to the outside. A baille or baffles 24 are provided between the pan l0 and the wall 5, and are spaced from the side walls so as to provide spaces whereby the gases are permitted access to and through the stack 26 although impeded to some extent.

The baille 24 hasthe further advantage of prok viding a wiping effect whereby more of the heat in the passageway is retained within the apparatus itself.

The apparatusmay be used for various purposes but one use for which it is particularly adapted is for the frying of foods, such as doughnuts and the like. In such a case, the fat or the frying substance used is placed in the pan Hl and the burner B is then operated. The arrangement is such that hot gases will impinge the pan I0 which is disposed over the chamber 2l) and will travel alongv beneath the pan past the openings at the ends of baille 24 and out the flue 26. It is not only desired but also necessary to operate the apparatus with a minimum amount of fuel and this is accomplished by reason of the novel cony struction which I have described above.

It is desirable and it is furthermore necessary that the frying material be uniformly heated throughout the entire area of the pan. In view of the novel construction which brings about this minimum fuel consumption, the material in the pan which is disposed directly over the combustion chamber would be heated to a higher temperature than that at the left thereof. To bring about a uniform heating, the bottom wall of the pan at l5 is of greater thickness than at I3 shown in Fig. 3. This arrangement brings about the desired uniform heating of the material in the pan throughout the area thereof.

A baille member 30 is disposed below the pan l0 and in the combustion chamber 25J, substantially as shown. This baffle is supported by set' curement at one end to the adjacent end wall 4 and at the other end by a supporting post f or posts 32.

This baflle member provides a member over the combustion chamber so'as to prevent flame If it is desired, apertures 34 may be provided f in the baille 30 so as to permit hot gases froml l the combustion chamber to escape therethrough so as to assist in the heating of the pan directly thereover. Such openings may be sized proportionate to the rate of combustion in the chamber 20 so that at no time do hot gases escaping in this way cause an increase in the amount of heat at this end of the pan as compared with the amount of heat at the other end or at either side.

Manifestly the specific details of construction may be considerably varied from those herein shown and described without involving any departure from the principle oi the invention or sacrificing any of the advantages inherent therein. While I have described my invention in this specification in great detail and particularly' with respect to the present preferred form thereof, it is not desired to be limited thereto since many changes and modifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

The invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the essential characteristics thereof. Hence: the present embodiments are therefore to be considered in all respects merely as being illustrative and not being restrictive, the scope of the invention being .indicated by the appended claims rather than by the foregoing description, and all modications and variations coming within the meaning and purview and range of equivalency of the appended claims are therefore intended to be embraced therein.

What it is desired to claim and secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

l. A fryins7 apparatus of the class described comprising in combination, a casing having' side and end walls of refractory niaterial,` a pan supported by the upper portions of said walls and having a bottom wall, a horizontal wall of refractory material extending inwardly from one end wall between side walls adjacent thereto spaced below said bottom wall or the pan and iormingtherewith a passageway, said horizontal wall terminating at a distance from the other end wall, a vertical downwardly extending wall connected to the termination or saidihorizontal wall and to said side walls providing a burner compartment adjacent said one end wall and a separate closed combustion chamber adjacent said other end wall below one end of said pan in communication with said passageway, a flue at the end of the passageway opposite to the combustion chamber whereby hot gases pass from the combustion chamber through the passageway to said flue, and a wall extending inwardly from said other end wall and side walls adjacent thereto spaced below said pan and terminating at a distance from the jointure of the said horizontal and vertical walls forming a restricted passageway from the combustion chamber into the first-named passageway.

`2. An apparatus of the class described comprising in c-ombination, a casing formed from vertically disposed end and side walls of refractory material, a pan having end, side and horizontal bottom walls with upper portions of said sideY and end walls supported by the walls of the casing, a horizontal wall extending inwardly from one end wall of the casing between the side walls thereof spaced below the bottom wall of the pan and terminating at a distance from the other end wall forming a passageway in conjunction with said side walls below the bottom wall of the pan, a vertically disposed wall at the termination of the horizontal wall forming with said side walls, horizontal wall and one end wall a burner compartment `and with said side walls and other end wall a separate closed cornbuston compartment beneath one end of said pan, a horizontal wall extending over said combustion chamber from the'other end wall between said side .walls spaced below said pan bottom wall and terminating at a distance from said vertical wallproviding therewith a restricted passageway from said' combustion char'nb'er' to said rst-named passageway, a baille in'l the first named passageway spaced from'said side walls forming the first-named passageway into re# stricted separate openings, and a flue associated with said one end wall leading from said firstnamed passageway, whereby hot gases pass from the combustion chamber through saidrestricted passageway into and through the first-name passageway and restricted openings to said flue.

ANTONI MUSZYNSKI. 

